Been able to watch so much television, constantly having something to watch somewhere. May it be some show about interventions. A show about hoarders. Old shows like That 70s Show or Who's Line is it Anyway. Or movies like the Notebook. Zap around on these 70 channels and you're bound to find something. But what do you find most? Well, that's what this is all about...
This is the countdown to the most commonly found show or channel. And be assured, I am not kidding:
10) Tons and tons of old shows, as in like 5 episodes of the same 90's or 80's show in a row:
As in, I'm currently watching That 70s Show on the same channel for the third hour in a row. Sometimes, like right now, it's awesome. Other times it's like you're being forced to flip through the same boring show for what seems like forever. But it's also great on Monday evening when they have something called Animation Domination! Which is 3 hours of Family guy after two hours of Simpsons. Fantastic.
9) Attacks on other companies:
The typical ones- "No wonder State farm is better than Geico and Progressive combined". "[insert name] thinks he's running against President Obama. When in fact he's running against me. What's with his bull!" The Coke and Pepsi battle. The one person vs other battle. The company vs company battle. Everything, and they're not afraid of calling people out on it.
8) Shows on legal advice:
"Did you take [insert drug name] in 1991 and now you have [insert horrible disfiguring disease]? Contact us immediately to address this issue." Basically what they are saying is that if you got sick from this drug or whatever, they are specialized at suing the company and want you to act on your sickness. It's good to hear people still want to do something against the injustice of a harming drug. But do you know how many there are that I see every day? There are at least 3 every hour on almost any channel. It shocked me because about 7 times an hour there's a commercial on another drug of some shady company that they want you to use. Obviously not the same company, but it's just funny in a way...
7) Reality shows:
OMG, everywhere. I mean, they're everywhere. Jersey Shore is the devil! I don't understand what it is about being orange, a slut, and criticized by the entire world to their face that is appealing to people. I don't understand what people think is so appealing about being made fun of. I mean, the people going on shows like these know they will be made fun of. They know that being on a show where they do what they always do means what they normally do is something people will be outraged about and think is a joke. It's not a good thing thing, I have to say.
6) News:
This is good I think. Out of the 70 channels we have about 10 are purely news channels. Then there's about 10 others that have news on every hour or every two hours. They take their news very seriously. But there's so much news! And, but this is good too, there are channels that have scrolling news at the bottom as soon as something happens. The other day I was watching a show when suddenly some deep beeping came from the TV between the voices of the characters. There was a thing scrolling at the bottom about a girl that disappeared from a playground after school. It's great to know that this news gets around so quickly. She disappeared just ten minutes earlier. If not less.
5) Soap operas:
Bad acting. Simply pretty people. No way that these shows can be serious or award winning. Sometimes I watch these shows for a couple of seconds and wonder why the people didn't just decide to be strippers instead. That's all I have to say.
4) Commercials:
About every 5 minutes and for about five minutes. So when you flip around the channels all you really see is commercials and maybe if you were lucky then you can see a flicker of the show that's on. Good luck with that though.
3) Infomercials:
Again, there are entire channels devoted to this, 24/7. "These scarves are so versatile. You can tie them around your neck, you can tie them around your waist as a belt. You can also wear them on your head to keep all your hair in place." That's something I couldn't think of myself when I was like 5 years old. "And now there's only 900 left! So you better hurry! Less than 100 of the purple ones. Less than 200 of the black ones with grey and silver. Less than 200 of this beautiful blue with teal and what a wonderful shade this teal is. And this beautiful green one." No one wanted the green one apparently.
2) Super random documentaries:
Intervention. Say yes to the dress. I didn't know I was pregnant. Ok, so not all of them are documentaries. But some of them have similar shows that are. It's so interesting switching on the documentary channel, or discovery, or hisroty and see a show about the venom of snakes. About some drug addict tricked into documentary. About people in prison trying to reconnect to their families. About anything. So interesting, but I have to say, sometimes it's so random and surprising I think that it's not a real show. And some of the commercials for the shows are probably the best part.
1) Talk shows:
All over the place! Like, constantly. omGGGGG Jerry Springer is so annoying! He ruins my night every night after Family Guy when suddenly his stupid white noise comes up with the warning of adult material. Yeah, people flashing and beating each other. Hookers fighting over some abusive pimp. People in the crowd acting like bitches and prostitutes. I don't understand them. There's just no way I can ever understand what convinces these people to do such things.
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